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[ad_1] Highlights In clinical trials of patients with chronic kidney disease, combining information from the treatment effects on two markers of kidney disease progression—urinary albumin:creatinine ratio...
[ad_1] Highlights Researchers have compared the impact of conservative management vs. dialysis on hospitalization outcomes in patients with advanced kidney disease across different races/ethnicities. Results from...
[ad_1] Highlights During 4 waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the risk of severe COVID-19 was associated with pre-existing chronic kidney disease, as...
[ad_1] Newswise — DURHAM, N.C. – In a head-to-head comparison of two so-called ‘water pills’ that keep fluid from building up in patients with heart failure,...
[ad_1] Highlights Among US veterans with chronic kidney disease (CKD), Black individuals had a higher risk of developing kidney failure compared with White veterans, and their...
[ad_1] Highlights Among adults with normal kidney function, exposure to higher concentrations of components of air pollution was linked with higher risks of later developing chronic...
[ad_1] Newswise — [MOUNT LAUREL, NJ, October 24, 2022] — The American Neurological Association (ANA), the professional organization representing the world’s leading academic neurologists and neuroscientists,...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Wearing special green eyeglasses for several hours a day reduces pain-related anxiety and may help decrease the need for opioids...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adults who use cannabis have more pain after surgery than those who don’t use cannabis, according to a study presented...
[ad_1] Newswise — Gastroenterologists and other health care professionals will convene at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, for the premier clinical gastroenterology event—the American...
[ad_1] Newswise — The featured lectures at the 2022 ACG Annual Scientific Meeting and Postgraduate Course showcase innovative and challenging issues in clinical gastroenterology. This year’s...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN ANTONIO, October 23, 2022 — Treating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations and possibly extend overall...
[ad_1] Newswise — SAN ANTONIO, October 23, 2022 — Meeting with a medical physicist who can explain how radiation therapy is planned and delivered reduces patient...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Black women have a 53% increased risk of dying in the hospital during childbirth, no matter their income level, type...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Adaptations to a program that helps ensure the best possible outcomes from surgery allowed eligible patients to receive their hip...
[ad_1] Newswise — NEW ORLEANS — Although opioid abuse in the U.S. is trending downward overall, it remains higher among non-heterosexuals than heterosexuals, according to an...
[ad_1] NEW ORLEANS — Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statins may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19 disease, suggests a study of more than 38,000...
[ad_1] Key takeaways Telemedicine significantly lowers likelihood of no-show clinic visits among surgical patients and follow-up care during the post-surgery period. Telemedicine is a convenient tool...
[ad_1] Key takeaways Understanding the characteristics of livers that live to 100 could potentially expand the donor pool by using older liver donors more often. New...